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GM Vladislav Artemiev  

Date of Birth: 5 March, 1998

Current Rating - 2660

2011: Silver medalist of the Russian U14 Junior Chess Championship.

2011: 3rd place in the European U14 Junior Chess Championship.

2012, 2013: Winner of the World’s Youth Stars Tournament.

2013: Winner of the Russian U21 Chess Championship.

2014: Gold medalist of Andranik Margaryan Memorial-Round Robin Tournament.

2015: First place in the Memorial of Georgy Agzamov in Tashkent.


GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi  

Date of Birth: 24 October, 1994

Current Rating - 2643

2005, 2006, 2007, 2009: Four-time National Youth Champion.

2008: Champion of the World U14 Junior Chess Championship.

2009: Silver medal holder in the World U16 Junior Chess Championship.

2013: Bronze medalist of the World Junior Chess Championship.

2014: National Champion in National Challengers Championship.

2014: Winner of “Lake Sevan 2014” International Chess Tournament.


GM Jan Krzysztof Duda  

Date of Birth: 26 April, 1998

Current Rating - 2632

2008: Gold medalist of the World U10 Chess Championship.

2009: Silver medalist of the World U12 Chess Championship.

2012: Winner of the European U14 Chess Championship.

2013: Winner of the European Youth U18 Team Chess Championship along with team.

2014: Winner of the European Rapid and silver medalist of the European Blitz Championships.


GM Tigran L. Petrosian  

Date of Birth: 17 September, 1984

Current Rating - 2630

2004: Vice-champion of the World U20 Championship.

2008, 2012: Olympic Champion together with the Armenian National Team.

2012, 2013: Winner of the Armenian Chess Championship.

2013: Gold medalist of the International "Grand Europe Open Albena-2013".

2014: Silver medalist of Golden Sands tournament, the winner of Naydorf Memorial. 

Multiple champion of the Armenian Rapid Chess Championship.


GM David Anton Guijarro   

Date of Birth: 23 June, 1995

Current Rating - 2626

Nine-time Spanish champion (U14, twice U16, U18, three-time online and twice with

teams).

2011: Third place of the European U16 Championship.

2013: Second place in the World U18 Championship.

2014: Silver medalist of the European Individual Chess Championship.

2015: Currently Spanish blitz champion.


GM Salem A.R. Saleh  

Date of Birth: 4 January, 1993

Current Rating – 2615

2009: First place in Asian Junior Championship U18.

2010: Third place in the World Junior Championship U20.

2011: Winner of the Asian Zonal 3.1 Men Championship.

2012: Third place in Asian Men’s Championship.

2012: Shared second place in Tradewise Gibraltar. 

 


GM Robert Hovhannisyan  

Date of Birth: 23 March, 1991

Current Rating - 2611

 

2009: Silver medalist of Tigran Petrosyan Memorial U18 age group.

2011: Gold medalist of the 71st Armenian Men’s Chess Championship.

2011: Champion of the World Team Chess Championship together with the Armenian team.

2011: Silver medalist of the World U20 Chess Championship.  

2013: Champion of 6th Karen Asryan Memorial in Jermuk.


GM Samvel Ter-Sahakyan   

Date of Birth: 19 September, 1993

Current Rating - 2593

 

2003: Champion of the European U10 Junior Chess Championship.

2008: Vice-champion of the European Youth Chess Championship.

2010: Vice-champion of the European and World Youth Chess Championships.

2011: Winner of the World Youth Chess Championship held in Brazil.

2013: Bronze medalist of the 74th Armenian Men’s Championship.


GM Hovhannes Gabuzyan   

Date of Birth: 19 May, 1995

Current Rating - 2589

 

2010: Gold medalist of the World Chess Olympiad together with the Armenian team.

2012: Vice-champion of the European U16 and U18 Chess Championships.

2013: Vice-champion of the European U18 Chess Championship in Montenegro.

2014: Winner of the Armenian Rapid Chess Championship.

2014: Gold medalist of Varna Open in Bulgaria.

 


GM Samuel Sevian 

Date of Birth: 26 Dec, 2000

Current Rating: 2578

Samuel Sevian became the world’s youngest Grandmaster at the age of 13 years 10 months and 27 days. He is the first International Master and the first Grandmaster born in 2000 or later. He was also the youngest ever US International Master (12 years 10 months 15 days) and the youngest ever  Grandmaster in US History beating previous record by more than a year.​
2012, 2013: World Champion in the U12 category.
2012: Winner of the 23rd Metropolitan FIDE Invitational Round-Robin Tournament.
2014: Second place in the 12th Annual Foxwoods Open in Connecticut.
2014: Winner of the Saint Louis Invitational Grandmaster Tournament.
2015: Shared 5th place in the US 2015 Championship.

 

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